9/18/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Ryn Sapp
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I have had Riley in my general education elementary art class for 3 years now (she is currently in 5th grade). She has muscular dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair. She is as positive and happy a student as I have ever taught. She requires some assistance getting into my classroom and there is a student who moves a chair out of the way so she can pull her wheelchair right u to the table. She participates in every art activity we do in class to varying levels of success, but she always appears to be excited and happy with what she produces. The only thing she ever has trouble with is clay as her arms are not very strong, but she will easily accept help from me or a peer if she needs it. The other students LOVE her and take good care of her all over campus and it it a joy to watch. |
9/18/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Ryn Sapp
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Lora Carey wrote:
I have a 3rd gifted student with a vision deficiency. He is very talented at drawing. I worked with administration, his parent and the ese department to develop an IEP so that this student would receive assistive technology. The student sits as close to the front board as possible, and text size is increased so that it large enough for him to view. |
9/18/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Ryn Sapp
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In my school, we are extremely lucky to have a smartTV to use in the classroom that is connected to our computer. I frequently use "HOW TO" slides to allow my ESE students to see how a project is completed from beginning to end. Fist, I create my own version of the project and take pictures with my cell phone along the way. I use those pictures in a google slides presentation to show the students my precise steps I took and what my finished product looks like. As the students gather their materials and begin the project themselves, I can advance the slides according to what step they are on and I can also go back and review a slide for a student who may be working a little more slowly. I have found that this allows a grate deal of student autonomy as they do not always have to rely on me to physically come and talk to or help them, they can follow the pictures and only ask for affirmation that they are on the right track. |
9/18/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Ryn Sapp
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I had a student named Alisson in my middle school art class a couple of years ago who was hearing impaired, When we started our clay unit, I created a "Cue card" sheet for her that allowed her to see and read the steps as she obviously could not listen to my explanations. She had a part-time interpreter and the Cue Card sheet helped the interpreter too as she had never done clay before either. The cue cards gave her pictures, tips and explicit instructions so that she could create the same coil clay vase that others were creating. I was able to walk by Alisson as I circulated the room and she could give me a "thumbs up" if she was doing OK or a "thumbs down" if she had hit a struggle point," Alisson was very independent and very much appreciated that the lesson and cue cards allowed her to work with autonomy not make her feel like she needed so much of my intervention. |